Tuesday, August 25, 2009

ON THE ROAD AGAIN......

Tonight we were driving home from somewhere. I noticed that the road had grooves in it. Being the highly observant person that I am, I had driven on it several times but never noticed it before now.

So I asked my husband, "Why does the road have grooves in it?"

Hubby, who would rather have his teeth pulled out with pliers than talk while driving, replied, "They grind it down, then they repave it."

Now, rest assured that I know as much about cars, trucks, and building roads as I do about building a nuclear reactor.

Again, I stated "So why does it look like that?"

Hubby again patiently repeated "They grind it down, then they repave it." Because after all, if I didn't get it the first time, I will certainly get it if he repeats it again. In exactly the same way. Word for word. What is he, Mr. Instant Replay?

So, I said to him, "Look. Ask me something about my uterus and I will tell you about it. Otherwise, tell me again."

This earned me a smile. Then he explained that they were redoing the roads and were going to repave them.

Since I thought they were already finished with the roads the light finally dawned and I "got" it.

Anytime you want to know about building a road, go talk to my husband. If you want to know about a uterus.....go talk to your doctor. I lied, I can't tell you. And I can't believe I typed the word uterus on my blog. Three times. I may never recover.

Please visit me over at the Five Mom's blog as well, it's my day to post!

You kill me. But that is about the gist of things around here too. My hubby the engineer will handle the road questions and me the nursing major will handle the uterus ones. Everyone has to have a job, right?

This sounds like how my husband always tries to patiently (and somewhat condescendingly) explain to me which direction is north or south when I need to drive somewhere. He thinks that I should simply know this, but I don't. I always say, "Just tell me left or right! LEFT OR RIGHT!"

Also, I wanted to tell you that I gave up pop in February, and I haven't regressed, because of one thing - seltzer. It's just carbonated water, no sodium or additives or anything, and you can make anything fizzy with it. I like to mix about 1/3 100% fruit juice and the rest seltzer, to make "healthy" pop.

If your doctor wants you to give up the caffeine, citric acid, aspartame, etc. in pop, but you can still have carbonation (which is harmless), this is a good alternative. You could even make carbonated Kool Aid!

Gotta love this post. I often wonder just why do they grind it all down and make grooves in it only to lay more stuff down on top of it. Isn't it just like redoing an essay after you've written it? What is the point in the grinding away?

Somethings I think I will just never understand the reasoning behind it all.

About Me

Hi! I'm Nan. My kids were ages one and five just yesterday. I know it. Somehow they just grew overnight. I don’t know, maybe I was in the bathroom shaving my legs or something and I missed it. I blog about all sorts of stuff: my loving Savior, my precious family, marriage, parenting, clutter and organization, humor, frugality, homemaking, chocolate, hairy legs and acrylic nails…..but through it all I hope you will find laughter, encouragement and fun!